Typical Workflow for Administrators

If you’re configuring Oracle Analytics Cloud for the first time, follow these tasks as a guide.

Task	User	More Information
Sign-in as the administrator	Sign-in to Oracle Analytics Cloud as the administrator and navigate to the Console.	Access the Console in Oracle Analytics Cloud
Manage what users see and do	Configure what users see and do in Oracle Analytics Cloud using the Application Role page in the Console.	Manage What Users Can See and Do
Back up and restore content	Back up and restore your environment (semantic model, catalog content, application roles, and so on) using a file called a snapshot. You must take a snapshot of your environment before people start using the system and again at suitable intervals so you can restore the environment if something goes wrong or you need to migrate to different environment.	Take Snapshots and Restore
Schedule regular snapshots (backups) of your content	Take snapshots regularly, as part of your business continuity plan to minimize data loss.	Schedule Regular Snapshots (Backups)
Set up virus scanning	Connect to your virus scanning server.	Configure a Virus Scanner
Set up social channels for content sharing	Enable users to share content on Twitter, Slack, Oracle Cloud Storage, and Oracle Content Management.	Set Up Social Channels For Sharing Visualizations Set Up a Public Container to Share Visualizations
Set up email deliveries	Connect to your email server.	Set Up an Email Server to Deliver Reports Track the Reports You Distribute By Email or Through Agents
Enable agents to deliver content	Allow users to use agents to deliver their content.	Enable and Customize Content Delivery Through Agents Suspend and Resume Deliveries Restore and Enable Delivery Schedules
Manage the types of devices that deliver content	Configure devices for your organization.	Manage the Types of Devices that Deliver Content
Free up storage space	Delete data sources on behalf of other users to free up storage space.	Delete Unused Datasets
Manage how content is indexed and searched	Set up how content is indexed and crawled so users always find the latest information when they search.	Manage How Content Is Indexed and Searched
Manage maps	Manage map layers and background maps.	Manage Map Information For Analyses
Register safe domains	Authorize access to safe domains.	Register Safe Domains
Manage session information	Monitor who is signed in and troubleshoot issues with analyses by analyzing the SQL queries and logs.	Monitor Users and Activity Logs
Change the default reporting page and dashboard styles	Change the default logo, page style, and dashboard style.	Apply Custom Logos and Dashboard Styles
Migrate from Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 12c	Migrate reporting dashboards and analyses, semantic models, and application roles.	Migrate Content from Oracle BI Enterprise Edition 12c
Upload semantic models from Oracle Analytics Server	Upload and edit semantic models from Oracle Analytics Server	Upload Semantic Models from Oracle Analytics Server Edit a Semantic Model in the Cloud
Localize reporting dashboards and analyses	Localize the names of catalog objects (known as captions) into different languages.	Localize Catalog Captions
Replicate data you want to visualize	Import data from Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications into high-performant data stores, such as Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse, and Oracle Big Data Cloud, for visualization and analysis in Oracle Analytics Cloud.	Replicate Data
Track usage	Track the user-level queries to the content in Oracle Analytics Cloud.	Track Usage
Set up write-back	Enable users to update data from analyses and dashboards.	Deploy Write-back
Set up custom JavaScript for actions	Enable users to invoke browser scripts from analyses and dashboards.	Enable Custom Java Script for Actions